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10th Magnitude is also getting a nationwide presence with the Northwest Cadence as it builds a business geared to helping Fortune 1000 businesses execute on digital transformation and migrate to the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Kevin Murai's retirement means that the distribution industry is losing one of its longest-serving executives, with 10 years as president and CEO of Synnex following 20 years at the helm of rival Ingram Micro.

Perhaps no executive move carried greater potential implications than the impending exit of Cisco's top sales leader, Chris Dedicoat, who is slated to leave the company in July 2018. Here are the 30 most significant IT executive moves for December 2017.

Tech Data Americas President Joe Quaglia spoke about the progress the distributor has made integrating its game changing acquisition of Avnet Technology Solutions, investments in next generation technologies and why the new Tech Data is just getting started.

Jeff Bawol will retire Jan. 31 as Tech Data Americas SVP of enterprise solutions, capping off a 41-year career that paralleled the evolution of distribution from the mainframe to cloud computing, mobility and IoT.

The new U.S. tax plan won't improve Accenture's already low effective tax rate, but the company's momentum is hard to top, with North American sales up 8 percent to $4.28 billion during its most recent quarter.

From billion-dollar acquisitions to company splits, from massive security attacks to disruptive cloud outages, from emerging markets like the Internet of Things to major IT vendors in transition -- and a controversy or two -- CRN takes a look at the news stories that captured our attention in 2017.